Web badges
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Web badges are small images used on websites to promote web-standards, products used in the creation of a web page or product, or to indicate a specific content license that is applied to the content or design of a website. The "Powered By MediaWiki" image on the Wikipedia website is an example of a web badge.
A common-usage standard for web badges are 88x31 pixel and 80x15 pixel images typically in GIF or PNG image format composed of a small graphic to the left with text on the right typically using the Silkscreen font. Web badges may however come in any size or configuration.
Two examples of common web badges:
[edit] See also
[edit] Fonts
- Silkscreen by Jason Kottke
[edit] Examples
- ZwahlenDesign, "Web Badges / Buttons", 2005-04-11. A thorough tutorial with an extensive catalog of examples.
- Web Badges at Apple Inc.
- Antipixel "Steal These Buttons", 2002-10-22. A few examples of web-standards related badges.
- http://www.webbadges.blogspot.com, 2005-09-08. A handful of examples.
